Battlefield 3 Wiki Guide

Recon Kit

The Recon Kit is for stealthy players who want to help their team without being noticed by the opposing players. Players using the Recon Kit can unlock numerous gadgets to aid in accomplishing this.

The Recon Kit contains Battle Rifles, Marksman Rifles, and Sniper Rifles. These rifles inflict the most damage of any weapon in a single shot. They are also the most accurate, which is beneficial when firing on enemies at long ranges. As a trade-off, both of these benefits come at the substantially longer time it takes to fire successive shots when compared to other weapons. A skilled sniper will be able to kill enemies with a single shot to the head while the target is running, but in close quarters combat, they are typically heavily dependent on their secondary weapon.

The Recon Kit has unlockable gadgets that help it stay true to it's purpose -- namely, gathering reconnaissance on enemies and moving in undetected. These gadets mainly work by allowing the user to locate where enemies are, or to provide a lock-on mechanism to aid teammates in destroying vehicles. The Recon Kit also allows for the use of a deployable mobile spawn point, giving squadmates an advanced place to spawn even when all squad members are dead.

Reload Time: How long it takes to reload your weapon. Some weapons will have two times, the quickest and the slowest times. It will take longer to reload if you completely empty your weapon on most weapons.

Rate of Fire: How fast the weapon fires in Rounds Per Minute (RPM).

Fire Modes: The different modes the weapon can fire in.

Accessories: All weapons accessories and the amount of kills to unlock in brackets. If weapons have accessories unlocked when the weapon is unlocked, it will say [Default].